Medicine’s Research Day Showcases 69 Projects, 20 Awards

The Research Day — held at the UB Clinical and Translational Science Institute — featured oral presentations, posters and case reports on basic and clinical research. Additionally, five faculty members received recognition awards at the June event.

The following projects and researchers were recognized as best in their categories:

The Functional Role of Exosomes in Stem Cell Mediated Cardiac Repair

Presenter: Jennifer K. Lang, MD, cardiovascular disease fellowship

Co-author: Rebecca F. Young, MD; John M. Canty, MD, SUNY Distinguished Professor, Albert and Elizabeth Rekate Professor and chief of cardiovascular medicine

Working Smarter Not Harder with High Intensity Interval Training

Presenter: Kenneth Seldeen, PhD, geriatrics and palliative medicine

Co-authors: Manhui Pang, MD, research assistant professor of medicine; Merced Leiker, MS; Bruce R. Troen, MD, professor and chief of geriatrics and palliative medicine

Diagnostic Accuracy of a Brief IBS Screener (4-IBS) for Use in Busy GI Practices

Presenter: Varnita Baweja, MD, internal medicine residency

Co-authors: Rajvinder Sidhu, MD; Gregory D. Gudleski, PhD, research assitant professor of medicine; Charles Baum, MD; Darren Brenner, MD; Laurie Keefer, PhD; Michael Sitrin, MD, professor of medicine; Rebecca Firth, MHA; Jeffrey M. Lackner, PsyD, professor of medicine.

Improvement in Hyperlipidemia Management

Presenters: Narasa Madam, MD, and Abhijana Karunakaran, MD, internal medicine residency

Co-authors: Kothai Divya Guruswamy Sangameswaran, MBBS; Roberto O. Diaz Del Carpio, MD, academic scholar of medicine

Efficacy of Intravenous Magnesium For Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation

Presenter: Bharath Rajagopalan, MBBS, cardiovascular disease fellowship

Co-authors: Zubair Shah, MBBS; Deepika Narasimha, MBBS; Ashish Bhatia, MBBS; Chee H Kim, MD; Donald F Switzer, MD; Gregory D. Gudleski, PhD, research assistant professor of medicine; Anne B. Curtis, MD, Charles and Mary Bauer Professor and chair of medicine

The Combination of Insulin, Liraglutide and Dapagliflozin as Triple Therapy for Type1 Diabetes

Presenter: Manisha Garg, MD, endocrinology fellowship

Co-authors: Aditya Mehta, MBBS; Neha Lalani, MBBS; Nitesh D. Kuhadiya, MD, clinical assistant professor of medicine; Husam Ghanim, PhD; Jeanne Hejna, LPN; Antoine Makdissi, MD, associate professor of medicine; Ajay Chaudhuri, MD, associate professor of medicine; Manav Batra, MBBS, assistant professor of medicine; Paresh Dandona, MD, PhD, UB Distinguished Professor of medicine and chief of endocrinology

Host and Bacterial Proteases Contribute to the Proteolysis of Secretory IgA (sIgA) in COPD Exacerbations

Presenter: Suman Majumdar, MD, internal medicine residency

Co-authors: Catherine Wrona; Sanjay Sethi, MD, professor of medicine and chief of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine

Fluid Resuscitation in Patients with End-stage Renal Disease Presenting with Severe Sepsis or Septic Shock

Presenter: Yasser Omar, MD, internal medicine residency

Co-authors: Katarzyna Kaczmarczyk, MD; Philippe E. Jaoude, MD, clinical assistant professor of medicine; Ali El Solh, MD, professor of medicine

Perceptions, Attitudes, Barriers Toward Research Among Residents in the University at Buffalo Department of Internal Medicine: Results of a Pilot Study

Presenter: Nitu Kataria, MD, assistant professor of medicine

Co-authors: Jeffrey M. Lackner, PsyD, professor of medicine

Trends in Demographics, Incidence and Survival in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) with Melanoma: A Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Population-Based Analysis

Presenter: Demytra Mitsis, MD, hematology and oncology fellowship

Co-authors: Adrienne Groman, MS; Lynda M. Beaupin, MD, clinical assistant professor of pediatrics; Kilian Salerno, MD, academic scholar of radiation oncology; Valerie Francescutti, MD; Joseph Skitzki, MD, academic scholar of surgery; John M. Kane III, MD, associate professor of surgery; Nikhil I. Khushalani, MD, assistant professor of medicine

Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Efficacy Parameters

Presenter: Abhishek Kumar, MD, pulmonary disease and critical care fellowship

Co-authors: Kanwaljit Singh, MD; M. Jeffrey Mador, MD, associate professor of medicine

Ganglioside Binding Specificities of B-pentamers of E. coli Enterotoxins LT-IIa and LT-IIb (BAF)

Presenter: Mursaleen Dar, MD, infectious disease fellowship

Co-authors: Christopher Greene, PhD; Ragina Kruzel; Lorrie Mandell; Terry D. Connell, PhD, professor of microbiology and immunology; Charles S. Berenson, MD, associate professor of medicine

Mucosal and Systemic Antibody Responses Associated with Clearance of Persistent Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) Strains in COPD

Presenter: Bilal Mustafa, MD, pulmonary disease and critical care fellowship

Co-authors: Catherine Wrona; Timothy F. Murphy, MD, UB Distinguished Professor of medicine; Sanjay Sethi, MD, professor and chief of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine

A Rare Case of Toxoplasma Chorioretinitis in a Young Female Treated with Belatacept Immunosuppressant after Renal Transplant (CRR)

Presenter: Neal Shah, MD, internal medicine residency

Co-authors: Oleh Pankewycz, MD; Jonathan Claus, MD, clinical assistant professor of medicine; Rajeev Sharma, MBBS, clinical assistant professor; Mareena Zachariah, MD, assistant professor and academic scholar of medicine; Sunil K. Patel, MBBS, clinical assistant professor of surgery

Spontaneous Triple-Vessel Coronary Artery Dissection in a Patient with Ehlers-Danlos Type IV (CRR)

Presenter: Andres Carmona-Rubio, MD, internal medicine residency

Co-authors: Jennifer Lang, MD; Susan Graham, MD, professor of medicine; Umesh Sharma, MD, PhD, clinical professor of medicine

Burkholderia Ginsengisoli Bacteremia: A Novel Pathogen

Presenter: Hema Dodd, MD, infectious disease fellowship

Co-authors: Laura R. Marks; Charles S. Berenson, MD, associate professor of medicine; Thomas A. Russo, MD, professor of medicine and chief of infectious diseases

Severe Hypocalcaemia after Single Dose of Denosumab in a Patient with Osteomalacia Secondary to Long Standing Vitamin D Deficiency (CRF)

Presenter: Anshu Alok, MBBS, endocrinology fellowship

Co-author: Kadapalakere Reddy, MBBS; Nitesh D. Kuhadiya, MD, clinical assistant professor of medicine; Antoine Makdissi, MD, associate professor of medicine; Manav Batra, MBBS, assistant professor of medicine; Ajay Chaudhuri, MD, associate professor of medicine

Comparative Hemodynamic Effects of Contemporary Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices in a Porcine Model of Acute Myocardial Infarction

Presenter: Brian Weil, PhD, cardiovascular medicine

Co-authors: Gen Suzuki, MD, PhD, research associate professor of medicine; Vijay S. Iyer, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine; John M. Canty, MD, SUNY Distinguished Professor, Albert and Elizabeth Rekate Professor and chief of cardiovascular medicine

Timothy F. Murphy, MD, presented the keynote address, “Microbial Genomics as a Translational Research Tool.”

Murphy, UB Distinguished Professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, is also senior associate dean for clinical and translational research.